Essays Tagged: "mainframes"

primarily used by larger businesses to handle extensive accounting, billing, and inventory records.Mainframes are large, extremely fast, multi-user computers that often contain complex arrays of proc ... share files; modify databases; send memos called E-mail, or electronic mail; run programs on remote mainframes; and get access to information in databases that are too massive to fit on a small comput ...

ng around all over the world through phone lines and data cables from personal computers to awesome mainframes. Not only should we praise the technological environment we are living in for how much sm ...

he two cities are ranked among the top ten in state / city population, yet there are structures and mainframes which we can soon identify or relate with. Although it's located in different regions, it ...

000 bug is not really a 'bug' or 'virus,' but is more a computer industrymistake. Many of the PC's, mainframes, and software out there are not designed orprogrammed to compute a future year ending in ... ' . .. the problem could cost businesses a total of $600 billion to remedy.' (p. 1)The fallacy that mainframes were the only machines to be affected was short lived as industryrealized that 60 to 80 m ...

omputer administrator for a large manufacturing company. In the middle of a production run, all the mainframes on a crucial network grind to a halt. Production is delayed costing your company millions ... omputer administrator for a large manufacturing company. In the middle of a production run, all the mainframes on a crucial network grind to a halt. Production is delayed costing your company millions ...

Vs. C++Today, the majority of families own a home computer that is vastly more powerful than giant mainframes of years gone by. Computer hardware has been evolving rapidly with no end in sight, and w ...

PC at most computer stores for less than $1500 and have a relatively powerful machine. In contrast Mainframes are very expensive, large in size, and your average Joe would not be able to open one up ... l have one or two hard drives, with 40 Gigabytes of hard drive space each, and 256 to 512 MB of RAM.Mainframes on the other hand, can come with hundreds of hard drives in a sophisticated RAID array wi ...

ew challenge. Computer security controls work with a different set of variables than those used for mainframes and LANs. For example, control over program changes, data security, system documentation, ... tion mistakes.(The Sans Institute).Today's corporate networks are complex and diverse. They connect mainframes, desktops, laptops, had-held devices, LANs, WANs and peripherals over ever-widening geogr ...

est manufacturer of information systems and equipment. IBM produces computers that range from large mainframes to portable laptops. The company also offers computer services that help customers operat ... est manufacturer of information systems and equipment. IBM produces computers that range from large mainframes to portable laptops. The company also offers computer services that help customers operat ...

pes of DBMSs, ranging from small systems that run on personal computers to huge systems that run on mainframes. The terms relational, network, flat, and hierarchical all refer to the way a DBMS organi ...

of interconnected networks spanning the globe. The computers that form the Internet range from huge mainframes in research establishments to modest PCs in people's homes and offices. Despite the recen ...

of interconnected networks spanning the globe. The computers that form the Internet range from huge mainframes in research establishments to modest PCs in people's homes and offices. The computers tha ... ts to modest PCs in people's homes and offices. The computers thatform the Internet range from huge mainframes in research establishments tomodest PCs in people's homes and offices. Despite the recent ...

and much of the Windows interface is borrowed from the Macintosh one.2. BASIC was originally run on mainframes and through Gates's and Allen's efforts it could now be run on a microcomputer.3. Microso ...

pes of DBMSs, ranging from small systems that run on personal computers to huge systems that run on mainframes. The following are examples of database applications:. Computerized library systems. Auto ...

spects of business operations. In fact, today's desktop computers have more power and capacity than mainframes that took a large staff to run as recently as 1980. Businesses today are using fully inte ...

n insurance company who had satellite stations. These stations allowed remoteaccess to the downtown mainframes and permitted offsite employees to performsimple actions such as screen navigation and en ...

I Corporation should invest in a new Mainframe system, mini-computers, and lap-tops (note-books). A mainframes function is to process information at large organizations, they can usually handle hundre ...

rred to) is not really a bug or virus, but is a computer industry mistake.Personal computers (PCs), mainframes, and software are not designed or programmed to compute a future year ending in double ze ...

pes of DBMSs, ranging from small systems that run on personal computers to huge systems that run on mainframes. The terms relational, network, flat, and hierarchical all refer to the way a DBMS organi ...